Got a Startup With Purpose? Apply for 2026 Epiphany Grant!

Epiphany 

Every startup begins with a spark. First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta is now accepting applications for the 2026 cohort of its Epiphany program, a faith-based social entrepreneurship incubator supporting startups tackling today’s most pressing challenges. The deadline to apply is January 6! You may apply via the link here firstpresatl.org/epiphany. Epiphany is an evergreen initiative that equips entrepreneurs developing innovative solutions to social issues with funding, mentorship, and strategic guidance. If you are an emerging founder with a vision to address societal challenges often overlooked by traditional markets, Epiphany offers the resources needed to help your venture grow. Examples of qualifying ventures include businesses that employ formerly incarcerated individuals or adults with developmental challenges, as well as enterprises offering services such as coding training for refugees or mechanical skills development in low-income communities. Since its launch, Epiphany has awarded nearly half a million dollars in grants and supported multiple successful ventures, including Refuge Coffee Co., PadSplit, and Purposeful Gourmet Foods. Modeled in part after the format of Shark Tank, the program provides early-stage entrepreneurs with capital, mentorship, and access to a network focused on impact areas such as hunger, homelessness, housing, refugee resettlement, racial equity, poverty, healthcare, education, and environmental sustainability. To learn more about Epiphany, explore previous grant recipients, or apply for the 2026 cohort, visit firstpresatl.org/epiphany.

Fulton County

Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Midtown

Georgia

Every startup begins with a spark. First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta is now accepting applications for the 2026 cohort of its Epiphany program,...

Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed will be one of three honorees to receive honorary degrees at Spring Commencement May 7 at 9 a.m. The mayor, along with Award-winning poet and Professor of English Linda Bierds, who will receive a Doctor of Letters honorary degree and Dr. Richard Wrangham, the Ruth Moore Professor of Anthropology and Chair of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University, who will receive a Doctor of Sciences honorary degree. Reed will receive a doctor of laws honorary degree. Each honorary degree recipient will address the Class of 2011. Additional commencement ceremony details may be found at <a href="http://www.oglethorpe.edu/commencement/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.oglethorpe.edu/commencement</a>.

Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed will be one of three honorees to receive honorary degrees at Spring Commencement May 7 at 9 a.m.

The mayor, along with Award-winning poet and Professor of English Linda Bierds, who will receive a Doctor of Letters honorary degree and Dr. Richard Wrangham, the Ruth Moore Professor of Anthropology and Chair of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University, who will receive a Doctor of Sciences honorary degree. Reed will receive a doctor of laws honorary degree.

Each honorary degree recipient will address the Class of 2011. Additional commencement ceremony details may be found at <a href="http://www.oglethorpe.edu/commencement/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.oglethorpe.edu/commencement</a>.

DeKalb County

Brookhaven

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, scientist Dr. Richard Wrangham, poet Linda Bierds to be honored.